From 'Musee des Arts Decoratifs' to Design museum Gent: history of the collections -- The collections -- Gothic -- Renaissance and Baroque -- Rococo and Neoclassicism -- Art nouveau: Europa in search of renewal -- Art nouveau: Belgium between renewal and progressiveness -- Art nouveau: Victor Horta -- Art nouveau: Paul Hankar -- Art nouveau: Henry van de Velde -- Art nouveau: Gustave Serrurier-Bovy -- Art nouveau: Philippe Wolfers -- Stylistic influences of the international Art Nouveau -- Art Deco -- Constructivism and 'de Stijl' -- Post-war Scandinavia -- Post-war Italy -- The Eames phenomenon -- Three Belgian leading lighs -- International and local design today.